Follow Colin on Twitter! Follow @ColinDJD It’s gameday for the Flames again tonight as they follow up a 4-3 overtime win in Kraft Hockeyville.
The winning strike came from the hometown hero as Curtis Glencross was able to ice the game for the Flames. Tonight will be the Flames' fourth preseason game as they will face the Canucks.
The Flames are 2-1-0 in the preseason, while the Canucks so far are 1-1-0. Tonight’s game will air on Sportsnet-360 and on the radio as always on the Fan 960.
The Flames might just be the most injury-riddled squad in the history of pre-season play, but on the plus side it’s giving the coaching staff and management a good chance to watch some of the bubble players perform in a game setting.
Team Injury Report (from Rotoworld)
Flames Mikael Backlund (C) | Out | Abdominal | Indefinitely Paul Byron (W) | Out | Lower Body | Day-to-Day Mason Raymond (W) | Out | Lower Body | Day-to-Day Karri Ramo (G) | Out | Lower Body | Day-to-Day Emile Poirier (W) | Out | Shoulder | Day-to-Day Tyler Wotherspoon (D) | Out | Shoulder | Day-to-Day Corey Potter (D) | Out | shoulder | Day-to-Day Morgan Klimchuk (D)| Out | Lower Body | Day-to-Day
Canucks Alexander Edler (D) | Out | Lower Body | Day-to-Day
Projected Lines are as follows:
#27 Baertschi #23 Monahan #22 Setoguchi #79 Ferland #63 Bennett #19 Jones #25 Bollig #18 Stajan #64 Hathaway #51 Agostino #46 Arnold #17 Bouma
#7 Brodie #5 Giordano #42 Cundari #6 Wideman #67 Culkin #36 Diaz #73 Kanzig #38 Yonkman
#1 Hiller #35 Thiessen
Canucks which will NOT be playing include: Sedins, Vrbata, Miller, Hamhuis, Bieksa, Tanev, Vey, Gaunce, Dorsett.
According to coach Hartley, Karri Ramo could be ready for game action as soon as tomorrow as his injured hip appears to be nearly resolved. He has appreciated the extra time, but sounds eager to get into a game.
“I feel better now. I had more time to get my hip and back and core stronger to prevent anything further from happening.…
“Almost there, we’ll ramp it up when the time is right.…
That's it for tonight, thanks for reading!